Generations of Winter

Generations of Winter (in Russian, Московская сага - Moskovskaya Saga) is a novel by the Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov.

Generations of Winter

Author	Vasily Aksyonov
Original title	Московская сага
Language	Russian
Publication date	1994
Publication place	Russia

Many^[quantify] critics have praised Generations of Winter as a new Doctor Zhivago-style, large-scale Russian novel,^{[citation needed]} which tells the story of a Russian/Georgian family, the Gradovs, struggling to survive in the Stalin era.

As the Wall Street Journal put it: "Aksyonov has ambitiously set out to challenge Tolstoy on his own ground, creating a gigantic historical novel on the grand pre-revolutionary model."

In late 2004 a television-series based on the novel premiered on Russian television. It has 22 episodes.